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No. 525,060. Patented Aug. 28, 1894.

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ANDREW PANTIA SOARAMANGA AND EUSTRATIO PANTIA SOARAMANGA, OF LONDON,ENGLAND.

CIGARETTEAMACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters` Patent No. 525,060, dated August28, 1894l i Application filed May '7] 1894. Serial No. 510,379. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANDREW PANTIA SCARAMANGA, a naturalized Britishsubject,

and EUsTRA'rIo PANTIA SoARAMANema subject of the King of Greece, bothresiding at 110 Cannon Street in the city of London, England, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the machine described inPatent No.`522,620, dated July 10, 1894. In the present machine thetobacco is placed (by hand or mechanically) lengthwise of the fiber intoa narrow trough having a roller at each end carrying an endless bandwhich forms the bottom .of

which is turned intermittently driving the other two rollers and theendless band and by this means portions ofthe tobacco are inter`mittently fed from the trough between the rollers into a box open onthree sides on the other side of the rollers. n

A pusher usually having a concave end forces the tobacco transverselyout of the box into one of a series of slots formed in cylindrical blockand there strongly compresses it. The pusher is then slightly withdrawnin order to form with the slot a complete cylindrical or other shapedmold. The paper tube is held at one end of the mold bya pair of lingersand a propelling pin pushes the tobacco into it as in our formerymachine. Attached to and working with the propelling pin is a moldcleaner or cleaners which in form resemble the propelling pin with awasher preferably of leather fixed to it. The propelling pin may alsohave a cleaning ring attached to it. The cylindrical block is given anintermittent rotary movement so that each slot is used as a mold andeach slotis cleaned in turn.

Figure 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of a machine constructedaccording to this invention. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 Figs. 1and 2. Fig. 4 shows the cylinder h to a larger scale. Fig. 5 is a partside elevation showing the rollersb and d, band c and box m to a largerscale. Fig. 6 is a part end holding mechanism.

ais a trough, b Z1 two rollers in it,c an endless band on them and oZanother roller. The

rollers b and d are geared together by the pinions b d (Fig 3) fixed .tothem. d2 is a bevel pinion on the roller d gearing with the bevel pinionc on the shaft e whose other end carries the spur pinion c2 gearing withthe wheel f on the shaft f. Thisshaft also has xed to it the ratchetwheel f2 driven by a pawl g on the lever g pivoted on the shaft f. Thelever g is connectedby the link g2 to the rocking lever g3 pivoted at g4andthis in its turn is connected by the link g5 to the rocking lever g6pivoted at gl. The lever g6 has a bowl gs upon it which works in the camgroove h in the cylinder h (shown to a larger 'scale at Fig. 4) whoseaxis h2 carries the bevel wheel h3 gearing with the bevel wheel j uponthe shaft j which also carries the toothed wheel jg gearing with thepinion Z on the main shaft Z.

fm is a box, shown to a largerscale at Figs. 5 and 6, it has three sidesnamely a top, bot- .tom and one end (the right hand end in Fig. 5) butis open on tho other three sides. Each time the roller cZ is turned, asabove described, this box is filled with tobacco.

n is a pusher shown to a larger scale at Fig. 6, it is connected by alink n to a rocking lever 'n2 (Fig. 3) pivoted at n3 and carrying a bowln4 working in the cam groove 72.4 in the cylinder h (Fig. 4).

o -is a slotted cylinder, shown to a larger scale in Fig. 6, it ismounted on an axle o and has a ring o2 of ratchet teeth at one end. Ithas a step by step motion of rotation given to it by a pawl p on a leverp pivoted on the shaft o. The lever p is pulled in one direcrection bythe spring p2 fixed to it whose other end is iixed to a projection ontheunder side of the frame of the machine and is moved in the otherdirection by the incline q on the slide qshown separately at Fig. 7.This slide has on its under side arbowl q2 working in the cam groove Z2in the cylinder ZB mounted on Fig. 7 is the main shaft Z. ris a pusherand s a cleaning rod. These are fixed to brackets r and s fixed to theslide t Working in the guide t fixed to the bed of the machine and theblock QZX on the slide Q.

Q3 is a bolt working in the block Q2X and it carries at one end the bowlQ4 Working in the cam groove Q5 inthe bed of the machine. As the slide Qworks to and fro the bowl Q4 alternately connects and disconnects theslides Q and t so that the pusherrand cleaning rod s travel with theslide Q during part only of its course.

Fig. 8 shows the paper holding mechanism which for clearness is omittedfrom Figs. l to 3. It consists of a short nozzle fu. which in Figs. land 2 is just to the right of the slotted cylinder o and is acontinuation of the mold formed by one of its slots and the pusher fn.The paper tubes are put on this nozzle and are held there by the jaws cc pivoted at v and drawn together by the elastic band v2. w is a blockpivoted at w and situated between the jaws v. w2 is an arm fixed to theblock w its end lying in the path of the projections Q6 Q7 (Fig. 6) onthe slide Q. When the slide Q moves from left to right of Fig. 7 the endof the arm 102 first rides along the top (in that figure) oftheprojection Q6 the jaws u being held open by reason of the turning ofthe blockw between them. When the arm L02 comes to the end of theprojection Q the jaws c close to be again opened when the arm to2 passesalong the bottom (in Fig. 7) of the projection Q7 for it is to beobserved that whichever way the arm -w2 is deiiected the jaws 'u areopened. When the slide Q moves from right to left arm cu2 passes alongthe bottom (in Fig. 7) both of projections Qfand Q6.

The cylinder o, shown in Fig. 6, is turned intermittently to present themolds or slots in succession in front of the mouth of the box m, and thepusher n is so timed as to push a charge of tobacco from the box m intoa slot at each step-by-step actuation of the cylinder. In place ofturning the cylinder o one step for each cigarette, several cigarettesmight be compressed in succession in the same slot and the cylinder omay be turned by hand when necessary instead of automatically.

1. The combination of a cylinder capable of revolving on its axis andhaving a number of longitudinal slots in its surface, `a. pusher forfeeding tobacco radially into the slots and `means for pushing thetobacco longitudinally out of the slots.

2. The combination of a cylinder capable of lrevolving on its axis andhaving a number of longitudinal slots in its surface, a pusher forfeeding tobacco radiallyinto the slots, and means for pushing thetobacco longitudinally out of the slots and for cleaning them.

3. The combination of the main frame, the cylinder o having a number oflongitudinal vslots in its surface mounted to revolve in the main frame,means for actuating the cylinder, means for feeding tobacco to thecylinder, a pusher n, mechanism for actuating it to force tobaccoradially into the slots of the cylinder, reciprocating rodsr and s, andmeans for actuating them to pass longitudinally into the slots of thecylinder to push tobacco from the slots and to clean them.

4. The combination of a box open on three sides, means for feedingtobacco into the box lengthwise of the fiber, a mold, a pusher workingtransversely to the box and carrying tobacco from it into the mold andmeans for actuating the pusher.

5. The combination of the trough 0., a band c, working therein, rollerson which the band is mounted, a feed roller d between which and the bandthe tobacco is fed, a boxm into which the tobacco is fed by the endlessband and feed roller, a pusher n reciprocating in the box, means foractuating the band and rollers, mechanism for `actuating the pusher, aslotted cylinder o, means for actuating it, rods rand s reciprocatinginto the slots, and means for actuating the rods.

ANDREW PANTIA SCARAMANGA. EUSTRATIO PANTIA SCARAMANGA. Witnesses:

GEO. J. B. FRANKLIN, T. J. OsMAN.

